xvi Incorporated Societies. 
OTAGO INSTITUTE. 
OFFICE-BEARERS For 1877 :—President—The Right Rev. Bishop Nevill ; 
Vice-presidents—R. Gillies and W. N. Blair ; Council—Dr. Millen Coughtrey, 
H. Skey, J. S. Webb, G. M. Thomson, P. Thomson, D. Petrie, Dr. 
Hocken; Hon. Secretary and Hon. Treasurer—Professor Hutton ; Auditor— 
A. D. Lubecki, 
OFFICE-BEARERS FOR 1878 :— President —W. N. Blair,C.E. ; Vice-presidents 
— Professor Hutton, W. Arthur, C.E.; Council—Professor Shand, G. 
Joachim, Professor Macgregor, Professor Scott, D. Petrie, E. Elliott, J. C. 
Thomson ; Hon. Sec.—G. M. Thomson ; Hon Treasurer—H. Skey ; Auditor 
—A. D. Lubecki. 
Extracts from the Constitution and Rules of the Otago Institute. 
2. Any person desiring to join the Society may be elected by ballot, on being proposed 
in writing at any meeting of the Council or Society by two members, on payment of the 
annual subscription of one guinea for the year then current. 
5. Members may at any time become life members by one payment of ten pounds 
and ten shillings, in lieu of future annual subscriptions. 
| B. An Annual General Meeting of the members of the Society shall be held in 
January in each year, at which meeting not less than ten members must be present, 
otherwise the meeting shall be adjourned by the members present from time to time, 
until the requisite number of members is present. 
(5.) The session of the Otago Institute shall be during the winter months, from May 
to October, both inclusive. 
NELSON ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE 
AND INDUSTRY. 
OFFICÉ-BEARERS FOR 1878 :—President—The Right Rev. the Bishop of 
Nelson ; Council—A. S. Atkinson, Leonard Boor, M.R.C.8., Charles Hunter- 
Brown, F. W. Irvine, M.D., Joseph Shepherd, Geo. Williams, M.D. ; Hon. 
Treasurer and Hon. Secretary—T. Mackay, C.E. 
Extracts from the Rules of the Nelson Association for the Promotion of Science 
and Industry. 
2. The Association shall consist of members elected by ballot, who have been pro- 
posed at a monthly meeting of the Society, and elected at the ensuing meeting. 
3. Each member to pay & subscription of not less than one pound per annum, 
payable half-yearly in advance. 
4. Ordinary Meetings held on the first Wednesday in each month. 
